Thats its blessing. But it, also, gives it its danger and its ugliness, too. Because it means that people believe that they must possess it, absolutely. The Palestinianisrael Conflict that we are experiencing today. You have seen it experienced in jerusalem for thousands of years. For the jews, jerusalem is where solomon built the holy temple. For christians, this is a place where jesus was crucified. For muslims, jerusalem is where the Prophet Muhammad made the night journey. People are said to have conquered the world have swept through this city. No other individual changed the landscape, in the way that Herod The Great did. He was determined to take on the christians and throw them out of jerusalem. At a time of ottoman islam rule, the british badly wanted to control the holy land. Against british Government Policy in palestine. We are the only people in the world. For israelis, the creation of the state of israel is seen as a miracle. And, of course, for the palestinians, its a gr
The conflict that we are experiencing today, you have seen the experience in jerusalem for thousands of years. For the jews, jerusalem is where solomon built the temple. For muslims, jerusalem was muhammad making the ninth journey. People conquer the world and swept through the city. No other individual change the landscape in the way Harry The Great did. At a time of islam rule, the british badly wanted to control the holy land. For isrealis. The History Of Jerusalem, it is a complicated story. If you dont know its come pl complexity is really hard to understand it today. The past is never dead. If there is as world to apply, is jerusalem. When you are walking in modern jerusalem, it does not escape you that you are walking in a place of great you are at the area. There is remarkable history that we read about. You got people living on Each Other and stones built on top of stones and religion built on top of religion. The first time i went to jerusalem, i thought it was one of the mos
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For muslims, jerusalem is where the prophet muhammed made the night journey. People who are said to have conquered the world swept through this city. No other individual changed the landscape in the way Herod The Great did. Saladin was determined to take on the christians and throw them out of jerusalem. At a time of ottoman islamic rule, the british badly wanted to control the holy land. The main case of the arabs is against the british Government Policy in palestine. We are the only people in the world homeless and stateless. For israelis, the creation of the state of israel is seen as a miracle. And of course for the palestinians, its a great disaster. The History Of Jerusalem, a very complicated story. And if you dont know it in its complexity, its very hard to understand whats going on there today. The past is never dead. And if there is a city in the world to which that applies, its jerusalem. When youre walking in modern jerusalem, it does not escape you that you are walking in
Athletes take to the waves. It is one year late and has been beset by problems, but the olympics are finally formally starting in toyko. The Opening Ceremony injapan s National Stadium will be three and a half hours long but has been described as sombre reflecting the mood of a nation which is having to host the biggest Sporting Event in the world during a pandemic. Our Sports Correspondent Natalie pirks is inside the Olympic Stadium. We canjoin we can join her there. Talk us throu~h we can join her there. Talk us through whats we can join her there. Talk us through whats happened we can join her there. Talk us through whats happened so l we can join her there. Talk us i through whats happened so far. We can join her there. Talk us through whats happened so far. He joined me at the moment during the parade of nations. Apologies for the fact i am quite dark but we are not allowed by the authorities to turn any lights on. Parade of nations is when all the athletes from all the countries